The Nugget:
Acts 20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Acts 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
My Comment:
Paul gave a strong testimony to the thoroughness of his outreach. He was pure from the blood of all men. Paul has reference to what is recorded in Ezekiel, where God told the prophet Ezekiel that if he warned the people as God directed him, he would not be guilty of the blood of those who failed to heed his warnings. But if Ezekiel failed to warn the people, God said He would require their blood at his hand. Paul further tells us that he did not hold back the truth from those he taught. Paul is a good model to follow. I once asked a pastor who was browsing the books at John’s Bible and Bookstore in Detroit, now many years ago, what he did to teach his congregation how to study the Bible. The pastor said, “Jerry, if I taught my people how to study the Bible I’d soon be out of a job!” He was not joking, but very serious. I thought then and still think now that the opposite course of action is better. If the people in a church know how to study the Bible, they will be better equipped to grow spiritually. They will be better equipped to resist the errors of false doctrine pedaled from house to house in many neighborhoods by very committed and energetic members of false cults. The people would even be more interested in the pastor’s sermons and teaching, provided he was actually teaching from the Bible, which I’m quite sure he was doing.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 1258 for Acts 20:26-27.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 1278 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Acts 20:26-27.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
Acts 20:26. I take you to record. or, am witnessed to by you. Gr. marturomai (S#3143g). ver. 21, 23, 24. Ac 26:22g. 1 K 22:14. 2 K 9:17. 1 Ch 22:6. Jb 16:19. Pr 14:25. Je 42:19. Mt 10:14. Jn 12:17. 19:35. Ro 10:2. 2 C 1:23. 8:3. Ga 5:3g. Ep +4:17g. 1 Th 2:10-12. this day. Dt +*4:26. 8:19. Je 42:21. Lk 23:43. that. Ac +*18:6. 2 S 3:28. Ezk **3:18-21. 33:2-9. 2 C 7:2. 1 T 5:22. I am. Ac 24:16. pure from. Ac +18:6. Le 19:17. Nu 18:1. 2 Ch 18:7. Ezk 3:19. 33:9. Mt 10:14. the blood. Ac *18:6. Dt 22:8. Jsh 2:19. 2 S 1:16. Ps 51:14. Ezk 3:18. 33:4, 8. 2 C 2:16.
Acts 20:27. I have. ver. *20, *35. Ac *26:22, 23. Ps 40:10. Je 1:7. 42:19. 1 C 2:4. 2 C *4:2. Ga *1:7-10. *4:16. 1 Th *2:4. not shunned. ver. +20. Ac 4:11, 29. Ge 40:19. Le 19:17. Is 58:1. Ezk 3:11. Mk 6:18. 2 C 2:16, 17. to declare. Ac +*4:20. 14:27. 22:14, 15. Jb 26:3. Pr 14:25. Is 21:10. 58:1. Je 1:17. 6:17. 7:27. 19:2. 42:21. Ezk 3:11. 33:7. 40:4. 1 J *1:3. all. ver. +20. Ac 2:23. 4:11. Ex 6:29. 7:2. Le 10:11. Nu 9:8. 29:40. Dt 1:18. 4:5. 31:30. Jsh *8:35. 11:15. 2 S 7:17. 1 K 22:14. 1 Ch 17:15. 2 Ch 18:7, 13. Jb *6:10. Ps *33:11. 40:10. Is *46:10, 11. Je 15:19. 17:16. *23:22. *26:2. 34:6. 38:21. 42:4. 43:1. Ezk 2:4. 33:7, 8. Mt *28:20. Mk 4:22. Lk *7:30. Jn 15:15. 1 C 11:23. Ep +*1:11. Col 1:28. 1 Th 2:11, 12. 4:1. 5:14. 1 T +*4:16. 2 T 2:15. He 6:17. the counsel of God. Ps +*107:11. Ezk 2:4. 2 T +*3:16, 17.
acts 20.26-27 wherefore i take you to record this day, that i am pure from
the blood of all men. vs 27 for i have not shunned to declare unto you all the
counsel of God.
very encouraging verses and cross references. neh 8.10″the joy of the lord is
our strength” here are some of my favorites.
1. 2 co 1.23 moreoever i call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you
i came not as yet unto corinth.
2. 1 th 2.10-12 ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and un-
blameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
3. 1 th 2.11 as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one
of you, as a father doth his children,
4. 1 th 2.12 that ye would would walk worth of God, who hath called you unto his
kingdom and glory.
5. 2 co 7.2 receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we
have defrauded no man.
6. 1 tim 5.22 lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partakers of other mens
sins, keep thyself pure.
7. ac 20.35 i have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support
the weak, and to remember the words of the lord jesus, how he said, it is more blessed
to give than to receive.
8. 2 co 4.2 but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the
truth commending ourselves to everys mans conscience in the sight of God.
9. isa 46.10-11 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
the things that are not yet done, saying, my counsel shall stand, and i will do
all my pleasure:
10 isa 46.11 calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my
counsel from a far country; yea, i have spoken it, i will also bring it to pass; i have
purposed it, i will also do it.
11. jer 23.22 but if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear
my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil
of their doings.
12. mt 28.20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever i have commanded you;
and, lo, i am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
13. lk 7.30 but the pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
14. jn 15.15 henceforth i call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what
his lord doeth: but i have called you friends; for all things that i have heard of my
Father i have made known unto you.
15. 1 co 11.23 for i have received of the Lord that which also i delivered unto you,
that the Lord jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
16. eph 1.11 in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his
own will: